Still relying on gut feelings and scattered notes when selecting your restaurant’s next location? In this practical, hands-on episode, Kyle walks you through his "Location Viability Calculator and Site Tracker," tools he personally uses to guide restaurant brands to profitable, data-driven real estate decisions. Learn how to systematically assess site viability, track important details, and confidently scale your restaurant without risking what you’ve already built.

Key Conversations:

• The critical criteria you must evaluate before signing a lease

• How to remove emotional bias from your site selection process

• Leveraging free tools and resources to gather key market data

• The real cost of ignoring detailed site analysis and relying solely on broker flyers

• Why tracking and rating potential sites systematically can be the difference between success and failure

💡 Actionable Takeaways:

• Step-by-step guide to using Kyle’s custom Location Viability Calculator

• Easy-to-implement methods for gathering demographic and market-specific data

• Strategies for effectively comparing multiple potential locations side by side

• Common site-selection pitfalls and how to avoid them

🎯 Who This Episode Is For:

• Restaurant entrepreneurs looking to expand into new locations

• Operators seeking a more systematic, data-driven approach to real estate

• Multi-unit managers who need consistent tools for site evaluation

• Anyone considering signing a restaurant lease who wants to avoid costly mistakes

  Download the FREE Location Viability & Site Tracker here!

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